Philomela (mother of Patroclus)
# Philomela (mother of Patroclus)

In Greek mythology, Philomela (Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλα) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus. The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However, the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus:

* Periopis, daughter of Pheres, founder of Pherae
* Polymele, daughter of Peleus, King of Phthia and an older half-sister to Achilles and
* Sthenele, daughter of Acastus and Astydameia.

In some accounts, Damocrateia, daughter of Aegina and Zeus was also called the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.

